On Mon, 02 Mar 1998 14:53:30 -0500, John Hermanson <omtech@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
>I believe the flash extender "thing" was produced to shut up people with
>OM-10s and
>T20s. Most likely it was made for Olympus by an outside source and the
>marketed
>(reluctantly). This item was never intended to be seen in a product planner or
>systems chart and was givenb away to those who complained about red eye.
>It is long out of production & availability. This reminds me of the time when
>people threatened to sue Kodak cus their pocket 110s gave them red eye with
>flash
>cubes, so they "created" an extender and the rest is history.
>
>John
>Camtech
In my German 'Olympus Edition OM System Lexikon' (ed. 1983/84) the
extender is featured, with photograph and part number.
Frank.
Utrecht - NL.
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